# The big data behind complex human emotions

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@IBM
- Speaker: Erick Brethenoux
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/erick_brethenoux_the_big_data_behind_complex_human_emotions)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Intriguing fact: adults who share a recovery room with children recover faster than those who don't. But why? Erick Brethenoux wants to deconstruct complex human emotions by applying big data analytics, so that positive learning like this can be applied more widely. But he also sees the potential for abuse, and explains why we need to tread carefully.

## Lectures

1. [The big data behind complex human emotions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/erick_brethenoux_the_big_data_behind_complex_human_emotions/21cdf881aee4), 10 min (TED's player)